#E38957#E38957

#E38957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E38957
RGB	rgb(227, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(21, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 29.81, 41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 50.73, 54.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0844 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.128 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3477, 34.9145, 13.5239)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E38957 #57B1E3

analogous

#E3576B #E38957 #E3CF57

triadic

#E38957 #57E389 #8957E3

tetradic

#E38957 #6BE357 #57B1E3 #CF57E3

square

#E38957 #6BE357 #57B1E3 #CF57E3

split-complementary

#E38957 #57E3CF #576BE3

monochromatic

#A44C1B #D96524 #E38957 #ECAE8B #F4D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#E38957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#E38957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E38957

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E38957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E38957	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e38957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ac87',
    500: '#e38957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e38957;
$custom-light: #f1ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e38957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E38957

secondary

#B1D2E5

accent

#8ED312

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E38957

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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